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Bulawayo officials and vets just vaccinated over seven thousand dogs in the western parts of the city. The director of health services, Edwin Mzingwane Sibanda, reported on the mass rabies campaign. It targeted concerns about stray dogs and the risk of attacks. The effort included a big push to...

The camp backing one Ndebele king candidate says forget about a traditional lottery to pick a ruler. Bulelani Collins Khumalo's spokesperson, Bornman Khumalo, called the idea a pointless daydream. They say the king is already chosen and installed, referencing a private crowning back in 2018...

A major human rights group just slammed the government's approach to addressing a historical massacre. The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention condemned President Emmerson Mnangagwa's outreach program on the Gukurahundi era. They called it a politicized sham led by the perpetrators...

A fight over water projects is heating up a by-election in a Bulawayo constituency. Ruling party officials delivered fifty water tanks and solar panels to Nkulumane, but the equipment sits unused at a business center. Opposition candidates call it a blatant vote-buying scheme by Zanu PF, saying...

Bulawayo can finally rent some garbage trucks to deal with its massive trash problem. The city council got approval from the national procurement authority to hire eight trucks. They will pay four hundred dollars per day for each one. The deal is with the Local Government Ministry. The city's...

Officials are talking about trying to restart factories in Bulawayo. The Finance Ministry, led by Minister Mthuli Ncube, mentioned targeted plans to re-industrialize the city. This came up during a budget meeting with local business leaders at the Rainbow Hotel. Business reps at that meeting...

A local politician and his wife threw a lunch for inmates at a women's prison in Shurugwi. Joseph Mpasi, the MP for Shurugwi North, said the event was meant to lift spirits for Family Week. He told the women their incarceration was just a phase, not a definition of their future. Mpasi promised...

That sketchy businessman from Marondera, Francesco Marconati, is still stuck in a remand prison in Inyathi. He got picked up last week for having an illegal gun. His lawyer, Tatenda Mutero, said bail hearings are dragging on in court. Cops from the CID unit made the arrest. This whole thing...

Cops are hunting for a guy connected to a seriously messed-up family killing. Anymore Zvitsva, who is thirty-two and sometimes called Modho, is wanted for murdering five relatives in Guruve. The police also think he is involved in three other homicides. He is from Bangira Village in that area...

Another government guy is jumping ship for the corporate world. Richard Mahomva, who was the International Communications Services director, is taking a new gig. He will be the head of public relations at NetOne, a state-owned mobile operator. The permanent secretary, Nick Mangwana, confirmed...

Well, look at that. The Zimbabwean government just walked back a whole plan to tax people for taking out their own cash. This was part of Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube's budget for 2026. The idea was a straight-up levy on US dollar withdrawals. They wanted regular folks to pay two percent on...

UK politicians are sounding alarms over deals made with the Trump administration, calling them unstable. The recent pharmaceutical agreement, touted as a milestone, currently lacks any detailed legal text. It exists only as press releases, with the UK emphasizing zero tariffs and the US focusing...

Amazon might drop a massive ten billion dollars into OpenAI. These early talks could push OpenAI's valuation past the five-hundred-billion mark. The deal would tie the AI firm closer to Amazon's cloud division, likely requiring increased use of Amazon's own AI chips over competitors like Nvidia...

Major auction houses are seeing signs of a market rebound. Sotheby's predicts a seventeen percent sales jump this year, reaching around seven billion dollars. Rival Christie's forecasts a more modest six percent rise. This follows a rough period for high-end art, with shifting collector habits...

UK inflation dropped harder than anyone predicted last month, hitting its lowest point in almost a year. The consumer price index rose just three percent annually in November, falling below official forecasts. Core inflation, which ignores food and energy swings, also cooled. Cheaper groceries...

Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak told the official inquiry that the rush to save businesses during the pandemic justified the Bounce Back Loan scheme's known fraud risks. He argued that implementing stricter checks would have delayed critical aid, causing widespread collapses. The program provided...

EU officials just backed off their hardline electric vehicle mandate. The original plan required every new car sold from 2035 to be zero-emission, but the revised proposal only demands ninety percent. The other ten percent can be conventional engines or hybrids, with other offsets supposedly...

A major UK chemical plant got a lifeline. Ineos secured over a hundred and twenty million pounds in government support to keep its Grangemouth facility running, protecting around five hundred jobs. The deal involves a combined investment of about one hundred and fifty million pounds into the...

OpenAI is hiring a former UK finance minister for a top policy job. George Osborne, who was chancellor under David Cameron, will lead the new OpenAI for Countries initiative starting in January. His role is based in London and focuses on getting governments worldwide to adopt their AI...

The Lost Colony expansion for ARK: Survival Ascended is now live on all platforms. This new chapter bridges the story between the older Extinction DLC and the distant future release of ARK 2, which was just delayed until 2028. Players explore a ruined human outpost called Arat Prime, set in a...